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Usher Says “Yeah” to Mom as Manager Again
7-Aug-2008
Written by: Michelle Vaccaro
Usher rehired his mother as his manager.
After firing his mother, Jonnetta Patton, from being his manager in May 2007, Usher has now decided to reinstate her. The 29-year-old R&B singer’s rep said in a statement, “Usher has dissolved his management arrangement with Benny Medina and has re-engaged Jonnetta Patton as his manager.” One of the reasons for the change in management is rumored to be because his album did not sell as well as he wanted it to. Medina commented on the departure saying, “With an artist like Usher, the bar is set really high. Whether it was management, marketing or the music, we achieved a number one single and a number one album. It is a completely new day and time in music now. In four years, his audience, demographic, and musical direction has changed. Records like Lil Wayne's 'Lollipop' are the type of phenomena that 'Yeah' was in 2004. I had a great time and we parted ways amicably.”
Patton managed her son for 15 years before they ended their business relationship last year. Rumors flew that the reason they decided to go their separate ways was because Patton did not get along with Usher’s wife, Tameka Foster. Usher said his original decision to let his mother go was so she can retire and enjoy being a grandmother.
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